Spring-bed.



A. SCHBIBLE.

SPRING BED. APPLIGATION FILED APBZZ, y1912.`

1,053,229. Patented R11-18,1913.

tirar n ALBERT SCHEIBLE, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

. Application led April 22, 1912. Serial No. 692,323.

To allie/10m t may concern:

Be 'it known that I, ALBERT SCHEIBLE, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Spring-Bed, of which the following isa clear, concise, and full specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. forming part of this application.

My invention relates to spring beds andI consists in a novel construction whereby the springs may be more economically packed and stored without danger of damaging the springs; also whereby the bed-bottom may be lowered without shortening t-he effective length of the springs. I attain theseobjects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of part of an end of the bed-bottom and slat, and of the parts attached to the same, al portion of the guard formation being cut away to avold confusion. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same along the line 2-2. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the central portion of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an end view of the slat end and bed-bottom end.

In the drawings, A A are end portions of the resilient bed-bottom which is preferably made of latticed strips A termin-atlng 1n Lthe helical springs shown in the drawings.l

B B are vertical perforations in the end'- piece C of thebed-bottom frame. IVhen the springs A are hooked into these perforations B B, the end portions A project vertically above the top of the end-piece C.

D is a slat, preferably of angle steel,

lplaced directly under the end-piece C.

E is a spring interposed between the slat D and the end-piece C, this spring being preferably fastened at its ends by rivets F and F. G is the adjacent side-rail of the bedstead. i

H is a hanger, preferably of malleable iron, pivoted to the slat D close to its end by means of a pin I. rIhe hanger H has one end H2 adapted to rest upon the top of the side rail G, thereby supporting the slat D when in its normal or operative position.

K is a latching member having one end attached to the hanger H, while its other end normally slips into a socket `L inthe slut, thereby preventing the hanger H from moving upon its pivot I.

'Vhen the spring is to be stored or shipped, the la'tching member K is changed from the socket L to another socket M.

thereby Swingin the hanger to the posi-I l form a fiatsurface H2 on the upper end of the hanger H, the'distance between this flat surface and the pivotI being such that the spring E will have to be slightly distended when the hanger is moved into the position H.y By thus springing the slat D and the end-piece C slightly out of their normal distance from each other, I causethe spring E to draw the end-piece C tightly against the tip of the hanger H, thereby giving an additional means for holding this in the wedged position .in which it acts as a brace or stiffening member. at the ends of each slat are swung into these wedged positions and latched in the same by the latches K, the ends of the hangers which normally engage the side-rails of the bed no longer project from' the framework of'the bed-spring, so that this may be more easily` packed and may be handled without danger of breaking off the projecting tips. Having.

vadjacent spring ends A of the bed-bottom,

so that when two bed springsof my construction are placed upon one another, the .feet N3 of the upper bed spring will slip between 4the 'vertical portions of the spring' ends A on the lower one and will be engaged by them to prevent the upper bed spring from sliding -crosswise upon the lower. Moreover, the weight of the bedbottom and of any additional bed Isprings piled upon the same will be borne/by the guards N which relieve the springs E of all weight when the bed springs are thus stored. Hence any desired number of such bed springs may be piled upon one another without damaging the auxiliary springs 1*) used between the slats and the bed-bottoms. lVhen the hanger is drawn back into the position H and latched in this position by When the hangers i cations could be made in the form and arvrangement f the parts without departing 15" from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. A bed construction, including a resilient bed-.bottomga slat; a spring interposed between the slat and the bed-bottom; a bed- 4 stead havingl side-rails; and a movable hanger for suspending the slat below the side-rail and transversely of the latter, the projecting endof the hanger being adapted to be withdrawn when the bed spring vis not in use.

j 2. A bed construction, including a resilient bed-bottom; a slat; a spring interposed -betweenthe slat and the bed-bottom; and a guard for protecting the spring from mechanical injury. j

3. A bed construction, including a resilient bed-bottom; a slat; a spring interposed between the slat and the bed-bottom; and a guard for protecting the spring from mevchanical injury, the guard being attached to thebed-bottom'and projecting below they slat to serve as a foot for the 4bed-bottom when not supported by the slat.

4. A bed construction, includin a resilient bed-bottom; a slat; a spring mterposed between the slat and the bed-bottom; and a. foot attached to the bed-bottom; the feet upon one such bed spring being adapted to slip between raised portions upon the upper surface of the bed-bottom of a similar bed spring placed beneath the same.

5. A bed construction, including a resilient bed-bottom and a slat; a sprlng interposed between the slat and the bed-bottom; a bedstead having side-rails; and a movable hanger fastened to an end of the slat; the hanger serving in one position for suspending the slat below the side-rail transversely of the latter, and in another position as a brace between the slat and the bed-bottom.

6. A bed construction, including a resilient bed-bottom and a slat; a sprlng interposed between the slat and the bed-bottom; a bedstead having side-rails; and a movable member fastened to the slat and serving, when the bed spring is in use, as a foot by which the slat is stepped upon the siderail of the bedstead; the said member being movable into engagement with the bed-bottom, whereby it may serve as a brace to prevent an overstrainlng of the spring when the bed construction is not in service on a bedstead.

ALBERT SCHEIBLE. 

